1997 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 1997By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1997 Season Tags: • No Comments

1997 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.415	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Tennessee 33–20
2	0	0.675	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat LSU 31–28
3	5	0.782	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Arizona 28–20
4	7	0.876	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Colorado State 24–0
5	-2	0.920	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Baylor 38–3
6	-2	0.947	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat UL Monroe 42–3
7	3	0.978	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
8	-2	0.983	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Louisville 57–21
9	8	1.106	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Western Michigan 23–13
10	-5	1.123	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Notre Dame 23–7
11	-4	1.123	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Maryland 40–14
12	15	1.155	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Central Michigan 56–28
13	12	1.181	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	B12	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Washington 27–14
14	14	1.301	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Clemson 35–28
15	6	1.408	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Temple 23–13
16	13	1.438	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah State 25–22
17	5	1.470	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma 40–36
18	13	1.485	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 66–0
19	4	1.541	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 63–20
20	-4	1.551	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Fresno State 43–40
21	-12	1.564	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Auburn 28–31
22	-8	1.627	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Nebraska 14–27
23	1	1.642	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	B12	3–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
24	6	1.665	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois 35–22
25	9	1.822	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	2–1	0.667	31	+3	BYE
26	-13	1.892	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Florida 20–33
27	-1	1.897	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	23	+2	Beat San José State 30–10
28	-9	1.970	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	31	+3	Lost to Florida State 28–35
29	12	1.975	Rice (RICE)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	31	+3	Beat Northwestern 40–34
30	-15	2.056	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Arkansas 16–17
31	13	2.126	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–1	0.750	23	+2	Beat Northern Illinois 41–14
32	-12	2.154	Kansas (KANSAS)	B12	3–1	0.750	23	+2	Lost to Cincinnati 7–34
33	29	2.156	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Oregon State 27–24
34	31	2.194	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat East Carolina 26–0
35	1	2.198	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Ball State 28–14
36	-1	2.213	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	BYE
37	9	2.213	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	3–1	0.750	23	+1	Beat Miami 21–17
38	-1	2.265	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	BYE
39	6	2.269	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–1	0.750	23	+1	Beat Buffalo 50–0
40	-8	2.302	Colorado (COLORADO)	B12	1–1	0.500	54	+2	BYE
41	1	2.350	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	3–1	0.750	23	+1	Beat Western Illinois 48–7
42	25	2.359	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Indiana 49–7
43	11	2.464	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat TCU 40–16
44	-32	2.490	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to BYU 10–13
45	18	2.493	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	USA	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Nevada 35–19
46	6	2.538	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	54	+2	Beat Akron 31–28
47	33	2.568	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Arizona State 13–10
48	33	2.582	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	USA	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Kansas 34–7
49	-31	2.593	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Stanford 24–27
50	-12	2.600	UCLA	PAC	1–2	0.333	70	0	BYE
51	4	2.650	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	23	-1	Beat UTEP 56–3
52	20	2.654	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–1	0.750	23	-1	Beat San Diego State 36–10
53	24	2.736	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Alabama 17–16
54	5	2.807	Missouri (MISSOURI)	B12	2–1	0.667	31	-1	Beat Tulsa 42–21
55	-12	2.924	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	2–2	0.500	54	+1	Lost to New Mexico 22–25
56	14	2.949	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	2–1	0.667	31	-1	Beat Rutgers 35–21
57	19	2.998	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	-1	Beat SMU 46–16
58	8	3.035	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–1	0.667	31	-1	BYE
59	-12	3.088	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Toledo 13–23
60	-21	3.098	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	54	+2	Lost to Air Force 0–24
61	0	3.124	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	70	+1	Lost to Ohio State 20–28
62	9	3.188	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–1	0.667	31	-1	Beat Memphis 20–17
63	16	3.231	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	2–3	0.400	69	+1	Beat Tulane 30–19
64	20	3.309	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Michigan State 7–23
65	-8	3.327	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 28–56
66	2	3.341	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	54	0	BYE
67	-18	3.430	SMU	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Navy 16–46
68	1	3.519	USC	PAC	0–2	0.000	99	0	BYE
69	-29	3.551	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Wisconsin 10–36
70	-20	3.583	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2	0.500	54	-1	Lost to Rice 34–40
71	-38	3.668	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–21
72	-16	3.692	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	54	-1	Lost to UNLV 15–25
73	23	3.799	UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	0	Beat Idaho 41–10
74	0	3.969	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	1–3	0.250	88	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 13–23
75	16	3.987	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND BW	2–2	0.500	54	-1	Beat Texas Tech 30–27
76	-28	4.029	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Kentucky 7–49
77	-13	4.043	Tulane (TULANE)	USA	1–2	0.333	70	-2	Lost to Syracuse 19–30
78	-3	4.059	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	B12	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to California 36–40
79	28	4.150	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Beat Wake Forest 28–26
80	-29	4.179	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND BW	2–2	0.500	54	-3	Lost to UCF 10–41
81	-23	4.273	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	USA	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to South Carolina 0–26
82	23	4.287	UNLV	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Beat Hawai'i 25–15
83	5	4.498	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	-1	Lost to Georgia 3–42
84	-2	4.535	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	USA	1–3	0.250	88	-1	Lost to Minnesota 17–20
85	17	4.570	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	70	-2	Beat Army 20–17
86	0	4.721	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	1–2	0.333	70	-1	BYE
87	6	4.799	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	USA	1–3	0.250	88	-2	Lost to Penn State 21–57
88	-3	4.801	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	1–3	0.250	88	-2	Lost to Southern Miss 19–35
89	-36	4.855	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 26–28
90	-30	4.901	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	B12	1–2	0.333	70	-3	Lost to North Texas 27–30
91	4	4.920	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–3	0.000	99	-1	Lost to North Carolina 14–40
92	0	5.035	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	88	-2	Lost to Oregon 40–43
93	-10	5.090	Baylor (BAYLOR)	B12	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Michigan 3–38
94	0	5.140	Texas (TEXAS)	B12	1–1	0.500	54	-2	BYE
95	-17	5.227	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	70	-3	Lost to Duke 17–20
96	7	5.600	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	B12	0–4	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Iowa 20–63
97	-7	5.657	Houston (HOUSTON)	USA	0–3	0.000	99	-2	BYE
98	3	5.897	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Missouri 21–42
99	-10	5.954	TCU	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Vanderbilt 16–40
100	-27	6.150	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Southern Utah 24–34
101	-3	6.231	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–3	0.250	88	-4	Lost to Purdue 14–28
102	-15	6.435	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Utah 3–56
103	6	6.478	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Wyoming 10–30
104	-5	6.662	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Bowling Green 28–31
105	6	6.671	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–3	0.250	88	-2	Beat Eastern Michigan 41–38
106	0	6.864	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	0–4	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Boston College 21–35
107	-10	6.903	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–3	0.000	99	-4	Lost to Kent State 38–41
108	-4	6.927	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Texas A&M 0–66
109	-1	7.036	UAB	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	-6	Beat Jacksonville State 34–16
110	-10	7.097	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–4	0.000	99	-5	Lost to NC State 14–41
111	1	7.129	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–3	0.000	99	-4	Lost to Washington State 22–35
112	-2	7.214	Boise State (BOISE STATE)	IND BW	1–3	0.250	88	-3	Beat Weber State 24–7